It's simple and age-old, but my parents have always said make sure you have some money there for a rainy day. Kochie often gives me money advice but I can occasionally tune out when he starts talking. What's the best money advice you've ever received? After a few months, ashamed of my driving, they wanted me out of the cars and onto the air and that's how I became a radio announcer. I won and loved the experience, and when I got back I was offered a job with Black Thunders driving vehicles and telling listeners where I was.

You had to be voted for and my boss at the call centre put up a sign on the wall saying, when you are not on calls today call this number and vote for Sam. There was a contest at a radio station that came up while I was there called Who Wants to be a Co-Host and the prize was a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, to review acts for the Edinburgh Festival. I would run trivia games, and quizzes - I was hosting my own TV show in a call centre but there was just no camera. I was a 19-year-old Adelaide boy surrounded by middle-aged women and I loved it. My first job was in a call centre in Adelaide while studying at university.

I never planned to do this role but stumbled into a role that has changed my life in many ways. Leigh Sales gave me the title for the book, she said 'accidental weatherman' and as soon as I saw the words next to each other I thought it had enough intrigue. I feel I've found my groove and niche in a role to shine my light on everyday Australians doing fascinating things. I took the weatherman job as a leap of faith - I thought it's live TV, I'll travel, let's see where it lands. I love celebrating and shining a light on fascinating people in a short time space. And I love learning about people I've met. I never set out to be a weatherman, I love radio and TV and entertainment. How did you become the accidental weatherman? I'm five years into the role but think it will be a lot longer because there's an endless supply of characters around Australia. There are so many people in unexpected places with great stories to tell. I was able to introduce them and now Kurt has mentored Aaron, and it makes me so happy I can use my position to link and facilitate an amazing bond like that. When I went to meet him at Rozelle Public School, he was reading a book about his hero by his hero Kurt Fearnley. The stories are about inspirational people I've met on my travels - young kids like Aaron with cerebral palsy who has taken on the sport of race running and doesn't see himself as disabled because of the things he can do. I wrote it in about nine months and now it's available. During COVID I wasn't travelling and had more time to dedicate to it. When she first contacted me I was too busy but we decided to chat about it a couple of years ago, just before COVID. Given I am constantly travelling around Australia and beyond, she said I must be collecting some great stories. She had watched me on Sunrise, followed me on social media and she said she thought I had a gift for connecting with people from all walks of life and all stages of life - from toddlers to retirees. He would also love to tell you about his 14 grandchildren, just ask him.I was approached by the publisher. Beth, his wife of 40 years, retired from teaching theology to young people in the Catholic School Systems in Houston, Lake Charles, and Tyler. Mark has four children, Katherine, Mark, Anthony, and Hannah. Mark has held the Seals of Approval from the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society since 1989. While at KLTV, he has been nominated for a Dallas Press Club Katie Award, an honor no other weathercaster/meteorologist in the Tyler/Longview area has ever received. On April 4, 1994, he re-joined the KLTV News team as Chief Meteorologist. While in Lake Charles, he finished second in the Associated Press Awards for 'Best Weathercast' in 1992, and in 1993 Mark was awarded First Place in the Louisiana A.P. Mark remained with Daybreak for four years, before moving to KPLC-TV Channel 7 in Lake Charles, Louisiana where he worked as Chief Meteorologist for exactly three years. Mark also did forecasting for several radio stations in the Houston area before joining the KLTV News Team in January of 1987, as the original Daybreak Meteorologist. From 1980 to early 1987, he worked in Houston at Wilkens Weather Technologies forecasting for oil rigs and refineries all over the world. Thomas in Houston with a degree in Meteorology. Mark graduated in 1982 from the University of St. He can be seen each day on KLTV 7 News at 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM. Mark Scirto is KLTV 7's Chief Meteorologist. He has established himself as East Texans' first and favorite choice for the information they care about the most: weather.

Channel 7 weatherman